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The Best Episodes of Countryfile Season 29

Every episode of Countryfile Season 29 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Countryfile Season 29!

The Best Episodes of Countryfile Season 29

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
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    #1 - Compilation: Winter Wildlife

    S29:E1

    Ellie Harrison is at the Cotswold Water Park looking back at some of Countryfile's encounters with winter wildlife, and spotting some of her own.

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    #2 - Hertfordshire

    S29:E2

    Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Matt Baker meets a farming family who are turning oilseed rape into liquid gold - oil.

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    #3 - Gloucestershire

    S29:E3

    Countryfile is in Gloucestershire, where Matt gives the trees at Batsford Arboretum a health check using a clever bit of x-ray kit to look for decay.

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    #4 - North Devon

    S29:E4

    Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in north Devon, where Matt finds out what life is like for the residents once the tourists have gone.

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    #5 - Winter Special

    S29:E5

    The team pull on their thermals for a walk on the wild side of winter. Adam heads to North Ronaldsay, where their rare seaweed-eating sheep are under threat.

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    #6 - Tyne and Wear

    S29:E6

    Matt Baker visits a country park near Newcastle that was once the site of a coalmine, and Ellie Harrison looks at the restoration of Roker Lighthouse near Sunderland.

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    #7 - Norfolk Broads

    S29:E7

    Matt Baker joins student gamekeepers at work, while Ellie Harrison reveals how cranes have returned to Norfolk after an absence of 400 years.

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    #8 - Staffordshire

    S29:E8

    Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire. Matt visits a school with farming at the heart of the curriculum. Ellie meets a couple who own a nature reserve.

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    #9 - Essex

    S29:E9

    Matt Baker and Shauna Lowry are near Colchester on the Essex coast. Matt ventures to Mersea Island to meet an oyster fisherman, and Shauna Lowry goes to the River Colne.

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    #10 - Northern Ireland

    S29:E10

    Exploring the beauty of Northern Ireland, John Craven finds out about Rathlin Island's kelp industry. Anita Rani meets a farmer whose animals are now TV stars.

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    #11 - Young Farmers Compilation

    S29:E11

    Countryfile is in Aberystwyth, where Adam Henson visits the town's university to meet the youngsters working towards a career in farming.

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    #12 - Sussex

    S29:E12

    Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Sussex exploring Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for the Hundred Acre Wood in AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Matt also visits a farm belonging to the Countryside Restoration Trust, which promotes wildlife-friendly farming. Ellie is on the hunt for woodpeckers - easy to hear, but harder to spot! John Craven is at West Rise, the state junior school with a difference: it has a bronze-age settlement and buffalo roaming its marshlands. Tom Heap is in Scotland where there's fresh concern about the impact that wind farms could have on birdlife. But how much of a threat do turbines really pose? And Adam Henson meets the farmer opening his farm to help refugees.

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    #13 - Three Counties

    S29:E13

    The team explore the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and meet some of the local crafts people keeping rural skills alive.

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    #14 - Cattle Theme

    S29:E14

    Matt Baker, Anita Rani and Helen Skelton tell the story of cattle in this themed programme. Matt spends the day with a young beef farmer.

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    #15 - Northumberland

    S29:E15

    John Craven marks the 40th anniversary of LS Lowry's death by following in the artist's footsteps. Ellie Harrison learns about how to conserve moorland.

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    #16 - Dumfries and Galloway

    S29:E16

    Joe Crowley meets a woman who looks after a herd of Belted Galloway cattle. Anita Rani joins photographer Keith Kirk after dark, looking for wildlife.

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    #17 - Shakespeare Special

    S29:E17

    To mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death, Countryfile travels the length and breadth of the country in search of the landscapes that inspired his works.

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    #18 - Conservation Compilation

    S29:E18

    Ellie Harrison visits the South Haven Peninsula in Dorset to tell the story of conservation's unsung hero Captain Cyril Diver.

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    #19 - South Devon

    S29:E19

    Matt Baker explores the Dartington estate in south Devon to discover the history of the place and meet the farmers who are turning their goats' milk into ice cream.

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    #20 - Spring Special

    S29:E20

    A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.

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    #21 - Veggie Theme

    S29:E21

    A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.

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    #22 - Snowdonia

    S29:E22

    John Craven races a hill runner to the summit of Snowdon and meets the volunteers protecting the area's ospreys.

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    #23 - Montrose

    S29:E23

    Matt Baker and Anita Rani are at the stunning Montrose Basin in Angus in Scotland, and Tom Heap asks what the EU referendum may mean for Britain's fisheries.

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    #24 - Hampshire

    S29:E24

    To celebrate British Flowers Week, Charlotte Smith and Anita Rani look at the resurgence of British flowers. Charlotte finds out why the smell of flowers is so popular.

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    #25 - East Midlands

    S29:E25

    Matt Baker takes to the Trent in a kayak and finds out about the effort to clean up the river. In Rutland, Helen Skelton is an apprentice in a windmill.

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Season 29 Ratings Summary

"Compilation: Winter Wildlife" is the best rated episode of "Countryfile" season 29. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/3/2016. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Hertfordshire".